1. The Diversity of GIS in Shell
Calum Shand
Geo Information Team Lead
Shell UK Ltd.
November 2010
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2. The Value of Place, Position and GeoInformation ?
Source : The Mail on Sunday
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3. Contents . . .
Overview
GeoInformation in Shell
Lifecycle Overview & the GIS thread
Diversity of GIS Applications
Key Messages
GeoInformation must be valued & “bought into” from the outset
Integration is everything ( via XYZ, mE, mN Lat, Lng etc)
Prominence of Web Based Mapping
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4. Royal Dutch Shell – 60 second profile
We are active in more than 90 countries
Worldwide, we have over100,000 full-time employees
We produce around 3.1 million BOO equivalent per day
Our fuel retail network has around 44,000 service stations
We sell transport fuel to some 10 million customers a day
In 2009…
We generated an income of $12.7 billion;
Invested $31.7 billion in capital; and
Spent over $1.1 billion on R&D
Source: 2009 Annual Report
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5. GeoInformation Overview
Geomatics
 Offshore Surveys
 Onshore Surveys
 GeoInformation
GeoInformation
 Staff - Consultants, Analysts & Cartographers
 Tools - Global ArcGIS License & SDE Infrastructure
 ArcPLUS – Shell bolt on for Specific Functionality
 Data - 600+ GIS Layers - tightly integrated & long established
 Coordinate Reference Systems : 18 offshore & 15 onshore
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6. Geomatics Wikipedia
Extract from Main Page ......
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7. Drivers for GI Management ?
Fast, accurate & more informed decision making in support of the lifecycle
Managing Coordinate Integrity
Explore Appraise Produce Develop Decommision
Main Drivers Data Lifecycle
Managing Safety & HSE risks CONSOLIDATE
Policy & Legal Compliance ( Licence to Operate ) & HARVEST
Operational Support & Data Management
Preventing Reputation Issues INTEGRATE PLAN
DATA PROJECT
Bottom Line : Oil & Gas to Market
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8. GeoInformation – 60 second facts
Geomatics
 Offshore Surveys
 Onshore Surveys
 GeoInformation
Staff - Consultants, Analysts & Cartographers
Tools - Global ArcGIS License & ArcSDE Infrastructure
ArcPLUS – Shell bolt on for Specific Functionality
Data - 600+ GIS Layers - tightly integrated
Coordinate Reference Systems : 18 offshore + 15 onshore
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9. The Diversity of GIS in Shell
GIS Services
WebGIS
Data Management
Cartography
Geodetic Data Integrity
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10. Corporate GIS – foundation for all activity
1: 5,000,000
1: 300,000
1: 15,000
1: 1000
1: 50
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11. Lack of Buy In = Poor Data CONSOLIDATE
& HARVEST
Spot the Difference
Penguins Data (integrated contractor) INTEGRATE PLAN
DATA PROJECT
Draugen Data (since rectified )
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12. Late 90’s & Early Noughties
Play-Based Exploration & Venture than 90 countries
We are active in more Simulation Basin Modeling
GRA - Baram Delta
40
Synthetic Fields
Expectation Prospects
Found Fields
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C las s M M B OE
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15 4 8 .6 - 9 7.2
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17 19 4 . 3 - 3 8 8 . 6
18 3 8 8 .6 - 777.2
15 19 7 7 7 . 2 - 15 5 4 . 5
20 15 5 4 . 5 - 3 10 9
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Size Class
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13. Diversity of GIS
Explore Appraise Produce Develop Decommision
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14. Front End Feasibilty Studies in the Netherlands
Using GIS analysis to assess ease of access to Drilling Permits
Underlying Data
 Protected Habitats
 (Oyster Ground )
 Migratory Birds
 Fish & Mammals
and also Difficult
 Shipping Activity
 Ammunition
Dumps
 MOD Areas Easier
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15. Seabed Data Model – potential industry standard ?
Shell developed Data Model to manage Geophysical Site Survey Data
• Multibeam
Drivers • Side Scan
 Common Storage in Geodatabase • Shallow Soils
• Nav Lines
 Move away from Microstation
 Integration & Visualisation
 Pre-defined Entities & Attributes
 Template for Survey Contractors
OGP / IMCA Taskforce currently reviewing
(Ellen West Nodwell & Martin Berry)
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16. Rig Positioning – Anchor Plans & Hazard Notifications
GIS the engine for Risk Based Drilling Approach ....
Source: 2009 Annual Report
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17. Diversity of GIS - Operational Support
Explore Appraise Produce Develop Decommision
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18. Ormen Lange Field – GeoInformation Management
Built by Statoil & now Operated by Shell
20% of the UK’s Gas
767 km of Assets
More from
Jorgen Leknes
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19. Integration – leveraging the value of GIS
Integration of Video, Map & GIS stored Events
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20. Ormen Lange – the customer experience
“This combination of video and map is very powerful” listed as “boulder next to
This was
pipe”
“We were able to confirm the design in a couple in reality it is a 3 Ton quarried
of minutes”
block that was dragged
“We can manually verify the offshore survey and trawl PL-B by a fishing net
to data ourselves”
“It’s totally intuitive to understand what is happening after seeing the map”
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21. Ormen Lange – customer oriented WebGIS
Desktop Web Map
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22. Diversity of GIS – later field life ?
Explore Appraise Produce Develop Decommision
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23. Well & Reservoir Monitoring - Spatialising Data
Production, Pressure, Wellbore & Geochemistry data integrated into
an ArcGIS environment. All data pulled into a Digital Well Book ...
Benefits
- Patterns visualised
- Data near “live”
- Integrated XYZ
- Smarter Decisions
- Well Reviews
- Enhanced ERO
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24. GIS Analysis for Operations (Seabed Geodesy)
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25. Onshore Web GIS for HS&E Permitry
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26. Diversity of GIS – end of field life ?
Explore Appraise Produce Develop Decommision
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27. Environmental Baseline Reporting - over 400 years ?!
 ArcScene & MBES
 Spatial Analyst
 Temporal Trends
 Costs Savings (previously
contracted out )
 Data easily found !
Source: 2010 Brent
Stakeholders
Website
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28. Key Messages
Without Maps and Coordinates there is no Oil Industry !
GeoInformation must be valued & “bought into” from the outset
Integration is everything ( via XYZ, mE, mN Lat, Lng etc)
Importance of early and continued buy in during the E&P Lifecycle
Web based Mapping is an excellent “viral” tool and raises
awareness quickly ( no training, software installs etc)
Standards are critical for sharing & acquiring data
Currently recruiting a GIS vacancy we have in Norway
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29. Questions ?
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